Rev. Horton J. Scott,  Celebrant          

Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden,

Louise Meggett, Junior Warden

Forrest Drennen, Organist 

E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com

  
October 23, Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25):

Psalm 1;
Exodus 22:21-27; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46

It’s the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost and all are welcome! This week we celebrate the feasts of St. James of Jerusalem: (brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 10/24), and Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. St. Simon apostle and martyr was distinguished from his zeal by the name of Zelotes. He preached with great success in Mauritania, and other parts of Africa, and according to the Greeks, even in Britain, where, though he made many converts, he was crucified, A. D. 74. The anniversary of his death, together with that of St. Jude, is commemorated on the 28th day of October (Friday).

Let us pray for: peace in our world, all those affected by the destructive earthquake in Pakistan and India and devastating floods in Central America. The famine stricken African countries of Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso, the troubled lands of Africa (especially Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire [former : Ivory Coast ] and Sudan) and the people of Guyana. We also pray for Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, Diocesan Bishop John Croneberger, his wife, and assistant Bishop Carol Gallagher. We remember in prayer Hazel Carter, Francis Coleman, Carolyn Goodwin, Eula Jefferson, Louise Meggett, Janice Nugent, Rudolph Perry, Tony Pina, Victoria Sawyer, Amanda Scott, Rev. Mildred J. Solomon, and Aquinda Toppins. Finally, we pray for all congregations in our diocese and for the safety of our troops.